Egland said he hoped the non-profit would eventually reach each the families of America's 40,000 healing troops, and provide them with support, ranging from from hand-written notes of support, to home-cooked meals to money to meet their needs.

To my surprise, the b. & b. was owned by Americans not unlike ourselves -- a couple who had worked until near retirement in the U.S., then decided their hearts belonged on P.E.I. Bruce and Pat served us a fantastic home-cooked Chinese meal to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, and we invited them to our home inspection the next morning.